Interview: Don't Live Like Me Records (July 15, 2013)

Label Profile
Name: Don't Live Like Me Records
Location: Boston/ Medway, MA
Founded: 2012
Current Roster: Deathdealer, SLOTHS, Troop Of Echoes, Gillian Carter, Undark & The Radium Girls, Gatlin, Canadian Wedding, Native Wildlife, Monoliths, Dionaea, can lady, These Branches, BATS, Sunlight Alumni
Contact Them: Facebook, 

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How did the label come about and what's the story so far?

So after spending a year on interskramz / driftwood records I decided it was best to run a manage a label myself. Dandy (driftwood records) had moved away to Oregon and it made sense to start fresh. I also had enough contacts to start it up. I asked my friends Tanner and Gina to help me run the label and we have been active since xmas day of last year. Since then we are approaching 20 releases so far with the majority being vinyl.

               What are your plans for the label in 2013?

We have many projects in store for 2013. Some happen to be more secret than others and they happen to be incredible. At the moment we have about 7 releases being made all at once. Our goals is to have all these releases with us before the summer is out and then open up our new online store with everything available and ready to ship. Some of the releases include Subordinate, Crows An Wra, Native Wildlife, SLOTHS, and so many other wonderful bands we have featured on our bandcamp. We also have a few more 7 inches in the works and a possible vinyl release for one of our previous releases but im pretty sure i can’t say more than that haha.

What's important in the bands that you work with? How do you choose bands to work with?

Whenever we are approached by a new project the 4 of us (Myself, tanner, gina, plus our newest intern Brenna) will discuss whether we want to fund and support the release. Personally we do not try to push a paticular sound because music isn't about just that one singular aggressive sound that is pushed out daily by other record labels. One aspect of the label is we try to enforce is to be as diverse as possible and to tackle all genres and types of music. All that matters is that the music has passion and that is pretty much how we decide releases.

The bands we work with are nothing short of honest hard working musicians and thats all we can really ask for. We would want nothing less.

What's your overall aim for the label?

Well the overall goal right now is in the next year or two myself and tanner will move into together so we can work together without having to commute an hour in and out of Boston. In the meantime we will continue to put out quality releases. 2014 is looking pretty sharp at the moment so we really couldn't be more excited.